The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it
GUY DE MAUPASSANTA lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
More Guy de Maupassant Quotes
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Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It’s the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all.
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Champagne- the wine of kings, the king of wines.
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The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
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Travel, like dreams, is a door that opens from the real world into a world that is yet to be discovered.
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I said, ‘If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn’t we meet them a long time ago?
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You’ve never lived until you’ve almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected shall never know.
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I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing.
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The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
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You’ll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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The English have only three sauces – a white one, a brown one and a yellow one, and none of them have any flavor whatever.
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History, that excitable and unreliable old lady.
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Great minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that are often inferior but are slightly touched by madness.
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Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food
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A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
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Military men are the scourges of the world.
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